After a bit of a break, the mushroom today is the Steel-blue Entoloma (Entoloma nitidum). Definitely one of the most distinctive (and bluest) I've seen, it has a large, fleshy cap that is convex to umbonate. The well spaced gills start out white, then turn pink over time. The stem is tough and fibrous, and is not considered edible. The only downside to this mushroom is that it is not found in North America, sadly. Damn foreigners, they get all the good mushrooms.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Steel-blue Entoloma
After a bit of a break, the mushroom today is the Steel-blue Entoloma (Entoloma nitidum). Definitely one of the most distinctive (and bluest) I've seen, it has a large, fleshy cap that is convex to umbonate. The well spaced gills start out white, then turn pink over time. The stem is tough and fibrous, and is not considered edible. The only downside to this mushroom is that it is not found in North America, sadly. Damn foreigners, they get all the good mushrooms.
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Too bad, it's pretty.
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